- So it's 2 months and 8 days since Jamie was eleven. Ollie's is the next birthday we're celebrating, and it's only 0 days until he makes it to the ripe old age of 9!
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Jamie Sport Billy
It’s 3.30pm on Saturday and I have literally just stopped taxi driving. All of you who have children of a certain age will know what I mean, and we are just starting to find out just how much of yourRead the Rest »
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Boy of the week!
It’s fair to say that we are having an interesting time with Ollie and school at the moment. There has definitely been an emotional reaction to the complications and routines disruption that occurred as a result of Archie’s stint inRead the Rest »
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Archie – the smile
We know that development is going to be slower with Archie than we are used to with the others, so we are looking forward to those big moments more than usual, I suppose. In anything we have read that seemsRead the Rest »
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Happy Birthday Sam!!
With 7 people in our house, birthdays seem to come around rather regularly, and yesterday it was Sam’s turn. The big number 4. I remember when Jamie was 4, it seemed like the first ‘milestone’ age, probably because that signifiedRead the Rest »
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It’s a rollover!!
There were lots of potential titles for this blog post – I was thinking of ‘Rollin’ rollin’ rollin’, or ‘You Gotta Roll With It’, or ‘Roll out the Barrel’ etc. etc. You may have noticed a theme in the potentialRead the Rest »
Archie’s exercise routine
There are various exercise activities we are helping Archie with in order to help him develop muscle tone and strength. One of the features of Down Syndrome is more slowly developing muscles and slower growth generally, so each day ArchieRead the Rest »
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Hilary’s Birthday
One of the joys of marrying Hilary is that as soon as we have completed Christmas and all of the festivities that are contained within such an occasion, we can get straight onto worrying about suitable presents again because sheRead the Rest »
A current phase
I’ve no idea why we took this photo or what the context of it was, however it does represent a current phase among all the boys – that of Playmobil characters. They’re amazing, you can use them in bed, inRead the Rest »
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Sam and Uncle Tom’s present
We were excited to see Uncle Tom this holiday, partly because we don’t often get to see him, and partly because it’s nice to know that he still remembers who the ‘little people’ are as he climbs the exciting ladderRead the Rest »
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